PREVIEW

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Netherlands to Ukraine Alle Tammo Sytse Dorhout, UNDP Resident Representative Jaco Cilliers, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Spain to Ukraine Ricardo Lopez-Aranda Jagu and Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine Ihor Bezkaravainyi (L to R) attend the official launch of the joint humanitarian demining project of UNDP, Ukrainian Economy Ministry, Mines Advisory Group (MAG) and APOPO funded by the Netherlands and Spain, Krasylivka village, Kyiv region, northern Ukraine. Sixteen Technical Survey Dogs (TSDs) alongside eight women handlers underwent extensive training in Cambodia for five months before returning to Ukraine. Over the next seven months, the teams are expected to survey around 1,800 square kilometres of land in Kharkiv Oblast, enabling the safe return of invaluable land for productive use.